Archive for December, 2012

Is an American accent useful for earning more money and getting a higher paying job?

Isn’t it enough if people can just understand your English?

Is a thick accent a real problem in international business?

Well, I wish I could tell you that this kind of thing doesn’t matter, but the fact is, it matters a lot. No one will tell you it’s necessary, just like no one will tell you that you didn’t get a job only because you didn’t wear a nice suit or a nice dress.

The reality is, however, that image matters in life. It matters in business. How you look, how you talk, how you smile, how you shake hands, etc are important. It’s all image, and image means a lot!

As a non native speaker, learning to develop an American accent is perhaps the most important thing you can do to boost your image, and indirectly dramatically improve your job opportunities and your salary. An American accent adds a lot of points to your image. It makes you more respected, more credible. That will get you a better salary almost anywhere.

As silly as it sounds, it’s 100% true in the real world. It’s important to accept it if you are serious about your business life.

So many of my students have used it and then emailed me about the much higher paying jobs they got after only 30-90 days after trying it. There are several free video lessons on there as well. Here is the first sample one:

Subscribe to the Youtube Channel for some free practice lessons to get the idea. It’s some of the best business advice I could give a non native speaker who wants to make REAL money. Trust me.